Jennalyn

#8,580 in 2025Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Jennalyn has been given to 505 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #8,580 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2005, with 25 recorded.

Babies named Jennalyn, 2025

1 in 276,000

Jennalyn over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jennalyn: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Jennalyn means

Jennalyn is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jennalyn is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Jennalyn is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 505 girls were recorded with the name Jennalyn between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2005; its best national rank was #5,168 in 2005.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,172 in 2020 to #8,580 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,665 in 2015 to #8,580 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Jennalyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 276,000; 12 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 134,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #8,580; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 191,493 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jennalyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jennalyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jennalyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jennalyn was born before 2006 — so the typical Jennalyn is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 35.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 68.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 505; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 35.0% of all recorded uses (177).

Is Jennalyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +5,652; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +5,592; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +85; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.92×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 48.0%; Peak was 2005 (25)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,168; 2005

Spellings of Jennalyn

Jennalyn is not the most common spelling — Jessalyn is, with 40.0% against Jennalyn's 5.5%.

Jessalyn40.0%3,700
Annalyn14.8%1,368
Jeralyn14.4%1,334
Kendalyn11.8%1,091
Jennalee7.8%721
Janalyn5.8%537
Jennalyn5.5%505

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jennalyn is used

Across 1910–2025, Jennalyn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 475,320 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jennalyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jennalyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,580
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 5,592
Best rank ever: #5,168; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 25 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 505
Count in 2025: 12

Names similar to Jennalyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jennilyn Jenalyn Jenilyn Jennings Jennika Jeniyah Jenasis Jennelyn Jenicka Jenisha Jennylyn Jennyfer Jennilee Jesselyn Jennetta Jenavie Riverlyn Jenavieve Faithlyn Jennessa Kourtlyn Magdalyn Kaithlyn Jeniah

Sibling names for Jennalyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Sydnee Shakira Madisen Lesli Taniya Rhianna Destiney

For a brother

Aaden Kale Keven Zakary Garret Samual Donavon Shamar

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